Skip to content

The question

Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Others on this question

View all 198 →
Kwame Kwei-Armah Actor and playwright
A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗
A Vivienne Westwood & Burberry two-piece suit I bought for a press night. At the time I was: “Yeah, of course I’m going to be a 30-inch waist for the rest of my life.” Now the trousers don’t fit.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗

More from Róisín Murphy

View profile →
Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret
I recently had a dramatic fall on stage in Hungary. It was a massive stage – I was miles away from the audience – and I didn’t expect there to be two monitors in the middle of it. I went completely arse over tit and landed on my chin. First, I felt shock, pain, embarrassment, and then I felt lucky that I didn’t break any teeth or bite through my tongue. I asked for an ice pack for my chin, got up and finished the set.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗

More on money & investment

Also answered this

Rebecca Ferguson, Don Warrington, Julian Lennon, Philippa Gregory, John Lewis, Alison Steadman

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer